[JeffT]

My heart now really belongs to Tenor so I tought I would configure the EWI accordingly.

What do you guys do? Do you leave it transposed in Eb if your main is Alto (or bari) or Bb if it is Tenor (or sop)?

 

[BarrySax6]

I use C or Bb depending on how I originally learned the song. If I learned it on tenor (or if I am learning it intending to play it on tenor) then I switch to Bb. For nearly all of the things I learn specifically for the EWI I tend to just leave it in C. The guy who writes the charts for my usual wedding band just writes everything in C for me.
Hope that helps,
-Barry

 

[Frank D]

I just leave it in Bb so I don't have to remember which song to change keys on. I'm so used to sight transposing C parts to Bb I once screwed up a gig by accidentally transposing a Bb part up a whole step.

 

[Fader]

I leave mine in C. Not sure why...

 

[jisley]

I leave mine set to Bb. I just hear more naturally with those fingerings after so many years of plating tenor.


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[KeithL]

Mine's set to Bb as well since we do a lot of playing out of fake books and playing mostly tenor the Bb book is the one I'm carrying around.

 

[JeffT]

I've left mine to Bb the last few days and I think it ease the transition!

 

[Dr_sax]

Always set to Bb. Tenor for the real man! :mrgreen:

 

[Nefertiti]

I leave mine on Bb. If I have a gig that's just tenor I still know all the lines for the parts I play on EWI.

 

[DanPerezSax]

Depends on the tune. If I'm doubling with alto, Eb. Tenor, Bb. If it's just EWI, it doesn't really matter to me, but usually I'll leave it in Eb or C by default.

 

[Enviroguy]

Bb works the best for me. Since I normally play sop and tenor, I have an exception of what the next note I plan to play sounds like. I think that's one of the things that bothers me about playing alto. My subconscious keeps telling me the horn is not playing the right note. Same goes for the WX7 in C.